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A Sweet Santa, A Sick Santa, and a Missing Santa Returns

Christmas came early for a few folks in Rutland, Vermont. A local newspaper there recently reported that they received a card sent to them by a mystery “elf” saying he intended to give away $600 to random residents during the holiday season. Sure enough, a few days ago a woman told reporters she was approached by a man she didn’t know as she exited a local Wal-Mart. According to the woman, the mystery man handed her an envelope which contained a Christmas card and $50 in cash. In the days since, the Mystery Santa has reportedly showed up at several … Continue reading →

Serious Santa Shortage

It may be the one place on the planet (besides the North Pole) where you would never think a crisis of this proportion would arise. Anchorage, Alaska is in jeopardy of having a very un-merry Christmas. For a city where reindeer almost outnumber two-legged residents its degree of jolliness is surprisingly low. Anchorage is sending out an S.O.S. The city is in desperate need of a Santa Claus. Preferably one that doesn’t mind hanging out at the local mall and ho-ho-ho-ing alongside screaming kids. It may sound funny, but the predicament is no joke. City leaders say there is a … Continue reading →

Disney + Celebrities = Hot New Ads

Who can send a pop princess to Wonderland, a soccer star to slay a dragon, and an award-winning actress down a magical staircase? Disney, of course. With a little help from celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, various Hollywood stars dressed up as classic Disney characters for a one-of-a-kind photo shoot to promote Disneyland and Walt Disney World’s Year of a Million Dreams campaign. In a recent interview with the media, Leibovitz admitted it didn’t take much to coax her famous friends to transform into Disney characters, including Cinderella, Snow White, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, and Peter Pan. According to Leibovitz, Scarlett … Continue reading →

“Santa” Gets Booted From Disney World

Call it a case of mistaken identity… or a case of holiday HUMBUG, either way the Scrooge-like actions of some people at Florida’s Walt Disney World got a Santa look-a-like booted from the “happiest place on earth.” According to news reports, the incident started when a group of excited children confused Florida resident and Dsiney visitor, 60-year-old J.D. Worley with jolly ol’ St. Nick. The plump, white bearded Worley graciously played along with the large group of kids UNTIL someone apparently complained to the Orlando theme park management that a man in a red shirt and blue jeans with a … Continue reading →

The “High School Musical” Phenomenon

Does the name Corbin Bleu ring a bell? Are you familiar with the characters Gabriella and Troy? When your child refers to “Troy’s dad the school’s basketball coach” do you know what school she is referring to? If you were able to answer any of the aforementioned questions then you know a thing or two about Disney’s hit “High School Musical.” “Hit” may be an understatement. Some analysts call the success of the Disney Channel Original Movie “High School Musical” unprecedented. Last year the film vaulted the Disney Channel into a tie with the USA Network for top-rated cable network … Continue reading →

The Return of Baby Jesus

Just in time for Christmas baby Jesus has been returned to his manger… make that 32 Jesuses. Call it a Christmas miracle, of sorts. Chicago homeowners whose statutes of baby Jesus were stolen from their outdoor nativity scenes have finally been reunited with their missing items. According to local police, dozens of plastic baby Jesus dolls were stolen last week from nativity scenes in people’s front yards. Then on Saturday morning a woman found all the missing Jesuses lined up along the fence on her lawn and called her local church. The pastor there told local news reporters that the … Continue reading →

More Holiday Grinches

Okay, it’s official—there are multiple grinches on the loose out there. In previous blogs I told you about the weirdo who stole a baby Jesus statute from a resident’s nativity set and replaced it with a can of beer and the wackos who tried to set fire to a giant straw goat–central Sweden’s official Christmas monument—but were foiled because it had been soaked with flame-resistant chemicals. Now, closer to home (within driving distance of my own backyard) some scrooge is chopping down Christmas trees in people’s yards. It’s hard to believe, but according to police, residents in Wisconsin are going … Continue reading →

Real Life Christmas Grinches Part 2

In a previous blog I lamented about the wackos who seemingly find great joy in dismantling, destroying, or stealing homeowners’ outdoor Christmas decorations, including the incident where someone stole a baby Jesus statute from a resident’s nativity set and replaced it with a can of beer. I questioned whether the events were isolated or if this holiday madness was a growing epidemic. After hearing about this next incident I think I have my answer. Christmas grinches have struck again. Not in South Carolina, Southern California or even Savannah, Georgia… this time they’ve gone global… all the way to central Sweden. … Continue reading →